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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-02

N reDresent a secret organization have called
mon the planters Of Lafourcfs TO accede 70
certain demands as IT, inc rate OF wages ana
The manner OF payment: and,
Whereas, it is publicly asSeTteo, thss uli.
LEGS these demands are accedei to, that not
ONLY viii the members OF the secret order re-
fuga to work in accordance with Their con
tracts, but that any other people WILING 20
WORK will be prevented by force and arms oy
the secret organization from 90 gong, anu
The nrOperty of the good people OF this Par
ish withheld by force from the possession
snd er,ioyrnen. Of the owners: loo,
PeSdir>g. That we hereby pledge ourselves,
one Snt! ali, TO meet this trouble as good men
aud Iaw abiding citizens and that TO, thas
md re hereby tender ourselves TO the sherlft
aud other constituted authorities. to obey
any and ali calls upon as to aSsisE IN carry
II Tbat our names be at once furnished to the
sheriff, that he may call upon US III the event
of necessity for our services.
Ros0irpf, That the preaent depressed condl-
ti0n of tle sugar interests OF our state forces
ns to decline TO accede 10 any demand I9r an
increase of wages, and that We hereby blnd
ourselves, one and al, 70 refuse IL, any way
to recognize the body Of men who have rep
resented themselves RS q committee appoint
ed by a secret OTganiIatlon.-
RcsgIypf, That all law-abidiug citizens, IL
respective of position or occupation or OF
race or color, are called upon to JOIN ne III
carrying ont tle plain behests OF the written
law of the land.
charged from the plantation upon which
they are now at work, or If any such dls-
charge themselves by refusing to work, we
pledge ourselves to give them 10 employ;
ment: that all people discharged for refusal
to work be required to leave the plantation
within twentyfoGr hours and on refusal 20 20
obey ihet the powers OF the law be Invoked to
assizt the OWNERS of DrODgrty in the enjoy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-02
Situation Around TigervIlle.

T1GERv1LLE, Nov. 5.-The excitement of a
few days since ut the Lacassagne plantation
has subsidized. Thirty-1ive laborers are at
work now. Thera have been no violent de-
monstrations on the part of the strikers to-
ward the new men, who arrived yesterday.
No militia at all came here. Only private
guards are employed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-02

Everything Quiet Around New Iberia.
Special to The Times Democrat.
NEW IBERIA, Nov. 2.-The detachment
from the iberia Guards, under Lieut.. *. z.
Gates. which left here yesterday for planta-
items below, returned to-day. Capt. Avery
is in receipt Of orders from Gen. Parkerson
to send thirty men at once to Tcrrebonne.
The boys report all quiet in this parish below
here, aud that the Rangers under Capt. Cade
are equal to any possible emergency. They
also report large numbers of negroes Idle.
Many are willing to work, but are inti3!i-
dated by threats of the strikers. 1t is thought
ali will be working m q day or Two.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-02
Democratic Majority in Avoyelles. .

fetal re1urns Of the congresslOnaI eieunAss
are: Robertson 665, Ioist 51S.
st. landry Republican by 100 Ma3of, y
OpELous.s, Nov. 2.-Up to this hour VI
election returns in this parish give the ~,
lowing vote: Robertson, ISL: Yolst, sol 1
When the returns are all in the Republioas
will have over 400 majority. Opel0asss.
usually polls from $50 to 275 DemocIa a.
votob at general elections. but yeslerqna z.
there were only lo5 Democratic to 43S INA ~
publican votes. The Mallet precinct Mh III.
sent six delegates to the parish CollYenn assa.
lately called by the Littell executive t ~ Il
cratic committee for choosing delegaests te 4
the district Democratic convention ~ aas sSts
held at Baton Rouge, gave only Two goss' s
Robertson and o5 for Yoist yesterday.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-02
General Cessation of Work on the Lower
Tecie.

PArrERsoNv1L1E, Nov. IA general
strike among sugsr-making hands was inau-
gurated this morning on the lower Teche. in
the district between Bartels Station and
Morgan City. All places shove Grand Wood
are still at work. and all places below and in
Guiding Grand Wood are either idle or work.
ing with a few white hands. The planters
are TO unite in resisting the demands, OF the
about the result. There is e feeling Of in;
tense bitterness throughout the district
against certain leaders who have urged the
strike, and if the matter is not promptly
settled there is no estimating what the final
result will be.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-02

For Des Ligne and Ssule Plantations.
The secretary was requested to send copies
Of the resolutions to Col j. H. Oglesby aud
John Henderson,, Jr., Of New Orleans, and
to the Messrs. Pecots, OF Indian Bend, in
order to obtain the Endorsement and co-ope-
ration of these gentlemen.
On motion Of Hon. d. Gallery, the secre-
tsry was appointed a committee of one, to
prov de that a dinner be given to the mc.n-
bers of the ST. Mary branch of the Loui-
siana Sugar Planters Associs ton, on Dee.
ensuing year will be elected. MIR. Daniel
Thompson moved that the proceedings of
TINS meeting he published in the New Orleans
papers. Carried.
There being no more business, the meeting
adjourned sine de.
JOIN A. 0N1rL1, Secretary
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-19
Too Thin!
From the Boston Herald.

FROM ULe boston hefQtu
came upon party of girls engaged in a
mysterious operation. One had her dress
sleeves off and another was applying pieces OF
wet cloth to her arms.
whats the matter with Maria? Rheuma-
tsm in her baclI?" I asked.
Mercy, no; we are trying samples for our
SUITS returned one of them
| was mystified Girl No. 3 was stopping a
piece of white wool material up and down in a
wash bowl. She squeezed it out, and, removing
the other wet rag, spread this fresh pice over
Marias arm. Maria shuddered The girls all
stood around. No. 3 exclaimed: THAT shows
through beautifully. You can see Maria'S pink
complexion just as plain!"
That's the 75c piece, amt it it," asked Ma
ria.
''Yes, dear; and this is the one you can't see a
thing through-that SOC. stuff"
Then it came out. The sweet buds of limo
cence were deciding about the materials for
through" was the one selected.
why, it's lovely said girl No 2; you can
see the mole on Maria's arm. Ma wants me to
have blue fiannel-as If there was any fun in
blue flannell You just see if the men ever pay
much attention to blue flannel. l say they
don't"
1--WE been thinking" unused the quiet miss.
who had not spoken before, chow pink nun S
yelling made double would look!"
mot nice at all" answered Maria; cream
white is best. Then ones own pink arms show
through. ! don't know what Annie will do, any
way. She's just chocolate color under her
sleeves; she'll come out like mulatto."
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BRIGHT BITS.

PoLTIcs make strange bedfellows. And the
bed-fellows do not sleep. They lie awake watch
ing one another. Baltimore American.
THINK twice before you speak, and then you
may be able TO say something more aggravating
than if you spoke right at once Philadelphia
CG!I.
From an old bachelors album: 'It's too soon
to marry when one is young, and too late when
one is old The interval may profitably be de-
voted to reflection. It'd Bits.
A BONNET has been invented, made entirely of
ribbon, which at the theatre may be taken off
and put in the pocket without injuring it. The
inventor will probably die poor.-Nelg HGUen
NetCS.
THE Piutes say of the earthquake: Ground
heap sick-heap bellyache-no good" The
earthquake doubtless rolled them about on the
hisides at lively rate.-VugiHta (NeU) En-
terpriSe.
WIFE-where are the strawberries, George?
The very last thing said to you this morning
was not to forget to bring home box"
Husband-Don't get excited, Mary; I've got
that box of berries somewhere about me. o.
yes, here it is-in my vest pocket.-BOStOn
Transcript.
A WOMAN is bound to have the last word. When
the editor of the PedUi1e demonstrated with the
principal contributor of the poets corner of this
valuable sheet for writing on both sides of her
paper she quietly retOrted: ''Well, and don't
you print on both sides Of yOurs!"-BoSton
Transcript
Communicable is a manuscript wish to
submit.
Editor (waving his hand)-Tm sorry We are
all full just now.
Contributor (biandly(-Very we'll; will call
again when some Of you are sober.-Gdzette
and Courier.
THE doctor had for many years been financial
| agent for great religious society, and had
| begged this wide land dry from Dan to Beer
| sheba. Said brother d. d. to him one day:
| Doctor, if l am to preach your funeral ser
mon, have the text, selected-Luke xvi, -:
| And it came to pass that the beggar died -
| Burdette.
| PoNsoNBY-Heard about Buffalo Bill, hey?
| De Twirliger-Nevah heard of him Who is
| he?
''Nevah heard Awthaw, you pain me! The
| Queen visited him the other day, and his Royal
| Highness shook his hand"
'Baw Jove! Is that SO! Why don't the man
| visit America and give a chap chawnce, you
| know. Philadelphia Call.
| SAID an acquaintance of ours, in response to
an inquiry as to the health of her son: I'm
powerful afraid William is going into an incline
| or something. He hasn't ammunition enough
| any more to get up and come down to break.
| fast when he is Called The same woman once
inquired in our hearing Of doctor called to at
| tend the sick child of a neighbOr, Doctor, is
| scarlet JeUer hereditary? -Hdiper's BazGr.
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The Course of True Love.

The course of true love is sometimes
straight and sometimes crooked. This is
not as the poet expressed it, but it is PLAN
prose that may be easily understood. When
true love is straight its affairs never obtrude
themselves upon the public; but when it is
crooked the public is generally made ac-
quainted with all the details Formerly the
gossips spread the news about true loves
tribulations, but now it is spread by the
newspapers. The Cincinnati Enquirer, for
instance, tells tale that will provoke the
sympathy of every lad or lass that feels the
sting of one of Cupid's darts
For more than year Henry French, q
well-known and popular young man OF
Wilkesbarre, Pa, devoted himself, with all
the ardor of nature said to be unusually
intense, to Miss Mary Meehan, lovely
blonde residing in the southern portion OF
the city. She reciprocated his devotion and
plighted her troth to him. Unfortunately
Henry had auburn hair. The Enquirer
says auburn, but the painful truth is Henry's
hair was a fiery red. The Meehans adj.
mitted Henry's good qualities, but they
drew the line at his hair. In fact
they despised him because of his hair.
Mrs. Meehan declared with many an EN-
phatic shake of the head and gesture of the
hand that she would not allow her daughter
to wed man whose hair made her think of a
conhagration every time she saw it. Miss
Mary, however, resented her mothers often
sive Language concerning Henry's hair, and
boldly announced that she would. marry
him or take poison and end her earthly ex.
istence' Every effort was made to keep the
lovers apart, but without success. They
established code of secret signals, and
when she would signal that the objecting
parent was out of the way, he would seize
the occasion to enjoy short but sweet i'll
terview. Miss Marys two brothers sus-
pected that the lovers were secretly meet
ing each other, and they consulted together
to devise plan that would effectualiy pre-
vent Henry from showing his red hair on
the premises They watched Miss Mary's
windows several nights, and were finally re-
warded by seeing Henry stealthily approach
the front gate. When he was least expect
| ing an assault, they seized him and placed
him in rough coffin constructed
for the OCCASION They then closed the lid
and held him prisoner until he swore that
he would never seek Miss Mary again. Sc
far he has kept his oath, but he has brought
suit against the two brothers to recover
| damages for assault and battery, declaring
that while he was in the collin he was nearly
! suffocated.
Many times has the course of true love
been crooked, but never before has it beer,
Il NJ.
doubt the names of Henry and Miss Mary
will yet be embalmed in poetry by some
genius worthy of the task. y
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The Scripture Lesson for the Day.
From. the NetU York Tribune


The Scriptures are full of passages that might
be properly quoted as bearing upon the events
of yesterday. Some OF them are as follows:
But while men slept his enemy came and sowed
tares among the wheat and went his way
Matt, xiii, %.
Then said He to another, And how much
owest thou? And he said, An hundred meas
ures of wheat. And He said unto him, Take
thy bill and write four score-Luke, xvi, Z.
Thou shalt not wholly reap the corners.-Lev.,
xix, g.
said would scatter them into corners
Deut.. xxxiii., &C.
1t may chance of wheat or some other grain.
L Cor, XIV, 81.
He shall fall himself into his own pit.-Prov.
xviii, 10.
And behold there came a great wind from the
wilderness and smote the four corners.--Job,
l., 10.
Many bulls have comprised me; strong bulls
of Bashan have beset me round.-Psa., xxi, II.
Rebuke the multitude of the bulls with the
calves of the people.-Psa., xviii, 30.
And behold another beast, a second, like to a
bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it
had three ribs in the mouth of it, between the
teeth of it; and they said thus unto it: Arise,
devour much fesh.--Dan. vii, 3.
win meet them as a bear that is bereaved of
her whelps and will rend the caul of their heart.
Hosea, xiii, 8.
Their corners are desolate, their streets waste.
-Zeph., iii, 6.
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cookie
instead Of barley. The words of Job are ended.
job, XXI, 40.
And they shall go down quick into the pit.
Then shall ye understand that these men have
provoked the Lord.-Num., xvi, 80.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-19
Kalakaua's Kingdom.

King Kalakaua, of Hawaii, appears to be
having good deal of trouble during the
absence of Queen Kapiolani, who is in Lon
don taking part in the jubilee festivities of
Queen Victoria. He has conducted public
affairs in such a way that there is a very
fair prospect that he will have a revolution
to contend with. When the Queen returns
she may find the kingdom turned into
a republic, and the King of no more i'm
portance than hundreds of other natives of
Honolulu.
1t is probable that the presence of the
Queen is necessary to keep the King in the
straight and narrow path in which he should
walk. If that is the case the Queen will act
wisely by getting back to Honolulu as
quickly as she can.
It seems that both the Chinese and the
white population are collecting arms for the
purpose of deposing the King and the King
has collected arms and ammunition in his
palace with the purpose of defending him
self and maintaining his position. 1t is said
that about everybody with any influence in
Hawaii is of the opinion that there ought to
be a change in the government because
both integrity and ability, and thinks
of little else than his pleasures, and
very coarse pleasures they are He
squanders the public revenues instead of
applying them to the purposes for which
they are intended. The result is that moth
ing is being done in the way of public i'm
provements and the people are every day
becoming more dissatisfied. 1t used to be
said that Claus Spreckles, of San Francisco,
was the real King of Hawaii, but he does
not exercise as much influence there as he
once did. What influence he had he proba-
bly, bought The chances are that the King
wanted more money than he was willing to
furnish, and he concluded he could get
along as well without the Kings help as
with it. 1t would interfere greatly with
Queen Kapiolani's plans and pleasures if
the King should be deposed before the jubi-
lee celebration is over Without the title
of Queen she would cut rather sorry figure
in London.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

SPECIAL NOTICES.. Kreiger, Practical Watch
maker, Jeweler and Engraver; Townsend has a
Grip; Special Notice. Davis Bros; This Week
Only, Davis Bros; AS to Crews of Nor Banks
Arndt, LaPlata and Talisman
AUCTION SAIE-Household Furniture, by j.
Mclaughlin & Son
BASE BALL-Oriental vs. Amateurs.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent; For
Sale Personal; Summer Resorts Found; Board
ing; Miscellaneous.
Garfield SEAMLESS Dress SHIELDs-Canfield
Rubber Co., New York.
P1cSrc-Grand Annual Picnic Of the German
Aid Society.
OvERsHApowISG BARGAINS Gray & O'Brien.
BARGAISs-At PlatSheks.
A CARD-RoSenheim & Co.
NOTICE.. p. Germsine.
GREAT SALE OF LEATHER Goops--At Eckstein's
HARDWARE, ETc.--Loven & baltimore.
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VERY CLEAR.
i Young Lady Explains a Game of
Base Ball to a Friend.

Base 6e4ll 10 d ElSlG-
From the Ne,o York Evening Sun.
Two young ladies' settled themselves in a box
in the grand stand at Washington Park Satur-
day, TO see the Brooklyns and LouiSvilles play.
''Oh, isn't this lovely, Jen?" said one.
Just too lovely for anything" was the re-
ply. Never saw game, did you, Manner
NO, never did; it must be jolly
''Oh, it is. III tell you all about it"
You're awfully kind. What do they do?''
The players hit the ball and run around in
But, Jen. what's all these letters mean on
this card-R., B. H., s. B., P. O., A. and Z. -
That's to keep score by. know all about
il: Mr.. Byrne showed me yesterday.
DO tell me; that's Il dear"
The r. means runs. You mark down when
man makes run"
But what's a T1Inr'
B. Fl. means base hits. When the men run
around and hit the bases with their feet that's
a base hit"
What's a base?'
lone of those bags on the corner OF the path
Now, the S. &. means stolen base.
DO the men steal them: / should think they
wouldn't do that in broad daylight
We'll, that's what it means, anyway. Then
p. O. me2ns-let me sep. o.. o."
Post ofliceF"'
'No-no-no. forget that A. means assist.
That man that stands in the corner of the chalk
mark and hollers to the man to run. He's as
sisting him. E.-dear me, l forget that, too
l wish Mr.. .Byne was here. He'd tell us.
Never mind, Jen, you know lots already.
''Oh, know. 1t means errors.
What's those?"
When the umpire says man is out and he
isn't, that's an error, believe
"Of course it is. Jen, how long will this
last:"
About two hours"
I've got 81. Let's go down town and get ice
cream?"
IAN right, come on"
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THO Grand Army FURRY.

The excitement over tho battle flags incl.
Dent IS quoting down, and those OF the
Grand Array people who were so Yioleait in
I'M expression of their feelings are begin
ming to feel that they made rather sorry
exhibition &C themselves. Now that The
truth of the whole matter has been puh-
lShed il has been found that no request for
auy of the banners was ever received at the
War Department from the South. The
proposition TO return them to those TO whom
they originally belonged was suggested to
the Adjutant General OF the army by re-
quests from Northern States for Union ban
ners. He thought it would be a grace
full thing to return the Confed
crate banners to the States from
whose troops they were originally
taken, and the Governors of these States
offered no objection. They do not appear to
have shown any great desire for the flags,
and what they have said since the furry
over them shows that they would much
rather let them remain where they are than
that they should be made the occasion of
arousing feelings of bitterness between the
Northern and Southern people. Gov. Lee,
Of Virginia, speaking about the matter, said
that while the Southerners would have ac-
cepted the banners they were content to let
them remain where they are. He also re-
marked that flags captured from Northern
troops, by Southern soldiers, have been re-
turned, in some cases with ceremony The
country should not again be agitated by
pieces of bunting that mean nothing now.
1, ;e e
to-day and means to do her part toward in
creasing the prosperity and maintaining the
peace of the republic, whether the flags rot
in Washington or are restored to their for
mer custodians."
This kind of talk is much more sensible
than the foolish utterances of Gen. Fair
child, and will commend itself to the masses
of the people.
The South had no part in creating this
furry. She didn't ask for the flags, and
didn't get excited when the Grand Army
and the Republican organs raised howl
over the,proposition to return them. The
whole affair is Northern one The excite
ment that was stirred up, over what was in
tended to be only an evidence of returned
good feeling, was expected, no doubt, to
furnish political capital for the
Republican party. If the Southern
people had shown any feeling in the matter
the political schemers might have scored a
point, but as they remained indifferent the
affair will have no influence in politics.
The mischief makers have accomplished
nothing beyond making themselves ridicu-
lous in the estimation of the country.
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Mr.. Blaine was not seasiclS on his way
across the Atlantic. He arrived at South
ampton in good spirits, and at once asked
for the news from the United States. Some
body gave him am English paper containing
paragraph headed: President Cleveland's
Popularity" Mr. Blaine looked sad, and
turning TO a railroad official, said: "What
time does the next train leave for London p
lie no doubt knew that in London the only
american he would hear of would he Buffalo
Bill,
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Who Speaks First2

go, hello, hello. hello!"
Old Lady Vic doth shout;
"Send me some other fellow
My Laureate's got the govt.
'Long time the Muse has staggered
sAnd wobbled all about;
Now, grim and gray and haggard,
She gives in to the govt.
sob, Fate is democretic
No man her sway may f1out;
The Muse she is rheumatic,
And Alfred's got the govt.
''The lofty pale of title
Won't keep the beldame out;
She claims her own requital,
And gives my lord the govt.
''Poor Pegasus has flung him;
The steed's played out, no doubt,
Since cruel Fate's hamstrung him
And goaded him with govt.
''Fact is I'm getting tired
I'd really like TO knout
The pullng peer I've hired
Who's knuckled to the govt.
'What. Swathe the Muse in fiannels?
All swaddled in a clout,
1hro' the Victorian annals
Let her limp on with govt.
"Just send some other poet,
Some lusty, springing sprout,
Some genius who can go it
And get the best of gout!"
NJ. A. r.
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A Southwest Georgia negro declares that
Congressman arc curse TO the country.
"Dar was er time" he says, "when de water
millyon growed close up ter de fence, but
dis here long an short haul bizness has
made de farmers plant in de middle OBJ de
fiel's, aud now when er niger wants er
watermillyon what b'longs ter another man
de haui's 50 long he's l'ble ter be cotched
I'm ergin do Cong'essmen FUN dis time
foth -